Born in Wisbech and attended Gresham School.
Matriculated at Clare, 1933. Read Law.
Duncan Forbes (1922-1994) was a fellow of Clare College and Emeritus reader in the History of Modern Political Thought. Forbes came up to Clare in 1941, reading history and being awarded a degree after five terms on the basis of the wartime degree programme. He was called up for officer training in August 1942 and was awarded a Military Cross for his service during WWII before he returned to Clare in 1945. He received an MA in 1947 and was elected a Fellow of Clare the same year.
Forbes became particularly well known for his knowledge and work on the Scottish Enlightenment. Duncan had several early 19th century interests. His first book was a prize-winning essay on The Liberal Anglican Idea of History and though it focussed on English thinkers, it also revealed an interest in the 19th century revival of the 18th century Neapolitan philosopher, Giambattista Vico. Forbes had a further strong interest in Hegel, on whom he lectured, and wrote an introduction to the Lectures on the Philosophy of History
Forbes was the nephew of Mansfield Forbes who was also a Fellow and historian of Clare.
Became a Fellow of Clare College in 1913.
Fellow of Clare, 1982; Professor of French and neo-Latin literature, 2004; Faculty chair of Modern & Medieval Languages; British Academy Fellow, 2009.
Born in Irchester, Northants
Matriculated in 1671 and admitted as a sizar at Clare College in 1671
B.A. 1674/5, M.A. 1678
Ordained deacon Peterborough 1676, made a Fellow 1678
Born on 1 September 1859, the son of Stephen T. Gardiner
School - Bedford
Studied at Würzburg University
Admitted to Clare College on 25 January 1878
Matriculated Michaelmas 1878
Natural Sciences Tripos 1st Class, 1881
B.A. 1882; M.A. 1885; Sc.D. 1905
Fellow, 1885-1913
Bursar, 1895
Honorary Fellow, 1915
Demonstrator in Botany, 1884-8
University Lecturer in Botany, 1888-9
c. 1889, with Prof. M.C. Potter, re-instituted the Cambridge University Botanical Museum founded by Prof. Henslow
Fellow of the Royal Society, 1890
Royal Society's Medal, 1898
Author of many papers dealing with the histological and physiological aspects of botany
Died on 31 August 1941
Born in Ealing in 1930
Attended Marlborough School and was admitted to Clare College on 23 January 1950 where he read land economy
He was also a member of the Footlights drama club and drew cartoons for the student newspaper Varsity
He was partner of Kemsley, Whiteley and Ferris, chartered surveyors
He was appointed Fellow, Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (F.R.I.C.S.)
He was appointed Fellow, Chartered Auctioneers' and Estate Agents Insitute (F.A.I.)
Master of Clare College, 1762-1781
Born on 28 August 1705 in Cambridge. Son of a French refugee, a barber by trade.
School – Merchant Taylors, London.
Admitted sizar at Clare on 23 June 1721.
B.A. 1724/5
M.A. 1728
D.D. 1761
Made an Exeter Fellow in 1727, Diggons Fellow in 1728 and Clare Fellow, 1730-1743
Senior proctor, 1745-6
Vice-Chancellor, 1762-3
Ordained deacon (Lincoln) 24 September 1727; priest, 24 May, 1730.
Vicar of Great Gransden, Huntingdonshire, 1742-47.
Rector of Fornham All Saints', Suffolk , 1747.
Rector of Westley, Suffolk, 1749 .
Preb. of Peterborough, 1761-81.
Preb. of St Paul's, London, 1770-81 .
Rector of Whepstead, Suffolk, 1774-81 .
Died 25 October 1781.
Sir Harry Godwin 1901-1985, Fellow of Clare College and Professor of Botany, University of Cambridge 1960-1968.
He was born on 9 May 1901 at Holmes, Rotherham, Yorkshire and later won an open scholarship from his school at Long Eaton and came to Clare College in 1919 where he read Botany, Geology and Chemistry for the first part of the Natural Science Tripos. He began work on the vegetation of Wicken Fen which saw the start of his contributions on the history of the British Flora. In 1925 he was elected Fellow of Clare and became well established in the Department of Botany. He became Secretary of the British Ecological Society in 1932 and later edited The New Phytologist. He was elected Fellow of the Royal Society in 1945 in recognition of his achievements in ecology and also helped to establish the University Subdepartment of Quaternary Research which flourished under his directorship. During this time new fields of investigation were established such as radiocarbon dating. He also wrote his classic work at this time, The History of The British Flora. Eventually he was appointed Professor of Botany in 1960, a year after he had been Acting Master at Clare (1958-1959).
He was knighted ten years later in 1970 and two years afterwards he retired in 1968.
See obituary in Clare Association Annual, 1984-5, pp. 76-79; Obituary by Prof. Richard West in Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society Vol 34, 1988.